"Edda Moser presents a bright if not brilliant Leonore, With Richard Cassily an expressive and characterful rather than mellifluous or heroic Florestan. Helen Donath and Eberhard Buchner give lively dimension to the soubrette supple, while Theo Adam and Karl Ridderbusch are welcome as Pizarro and Rocco. Conductor Herbert Blomstedt gives the drama its due while stressing the lyric aspects--appropriately, because this a warmer, more personal Fidelio." -Opera News